# X Profile API. Pay per record.

> X (Twitter) profile data as JSON: bio, followers, following, post count, location and join date. From $0.000225 per profile.

Canonical: https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/x_twitter/profile-api · Updated 2026-10-21

Turn an X (Twitter) @handle or profile URL into clean JSON: display name, bio, location, account type, join date, followers, following and post count. Up to ten accounts per call, priced per profile.

- Price: $0.000225 / profile
- Billed: Per record
- Free to start: $0.10
- Endpoint: POST /v1/x_twitter

## What people build with the X Profile API

- **Enrich a lead list.** Add the bio, location and audience size to every X handle in a CRM or a spreadsheet.
- **Vet accounts.** Check followers, post count and join date before you partner with or reply to an account.
- **Research before a call.** Let your agent read a person's or a company's X bio and recent posts before a meeting.

## Quote it, then run it

1. free quote: the exact price, nothing charged:

```bash
curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/x_twitter \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"profiles","subjects":["@NASA"],"estimateOnly":true}'
```

2. the same call, run:

```bash
curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/x_twitter \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"profiles","subjects":["@NASA"]}'
```

## Inputs

Everything you can send in one profiles call. Required inputs first.

| Input | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| subjects * | text list | @handles or profile URLs. 1-10 items |
| include.posts.limit | integer | Recent posts to fetch per account, newest first; 1-50. |

## What comes back

The fields of every row, always present. Nothing is guessed: a value that could not be measured is null, and the answer's coverage says why.

| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| username | string |
| accountId | string |
| displayName | string |
| bio | string |
| location | string |
| website | string |
| avatarUrl | string |
| bannerUrl | string |
| isProtected | boolean |
| isBlueVerified | boolean |
| verifiedType | string |
| accountType | string |
| joinedAt | string |
| pinnedPostUrl | string |
| followers | integer |
| following | integer |
| postsCount | integer |
| mediaCount | integer |
| likesGiven | integer |
| canonicalUsername | string |
| details | object |

details is always the last field: everything else the source sent for that row, under our own field names. Its keys depend on the source that answered, so read them defensively; it is {} when there is nothing more.

## A sample answer

Made-up names and values in the real field names, so you can see the shape before you spend anything.

| username | displayName | bio | location | isBlueVerified | accountType |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| northfoldhq | Northfold | Close your books in days, not weeks. | London | true | business |
| ananya_builds | Ananya Rao | Marketing @paylane. Notes on growth. | Bengaluru | false | person |
| kitebank | Kitebank | Business banking that keeps up. | Austin, TX | true | business |

## Pricing

Pay as you go, in US dollars, per record. No subscription, nothing expires, $5 first top-up, and every new agent starts with $0.10 free.

| Request | Records | At the list price |
|---|---|---|
| One profile | 1 | $0.000225 |
| 10 profiles | 10 | $0.0022 |

These are per-record list prices. Some calls also carry a minimum, such as a page of search results, so a small request can cost more than the table shows. The quote ("estimateOnly": true) is free, gives the most your exact request can cost, and the charge then settles to what came back. Records that do not come back are refunded.

## Try it without writing code

- [Open the X Profile API in the playground](https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=x_twitter&op=profiles): The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

## Why this one, and not a scraper you run yourself

- No login, no X / Twitter account, no cookies, no proxies, no browser to babysit.
- When the site changes its pages, your request stays the same: keeping the reads working is our job, not yours.
- A fetch that fails costs nothing: it is named in the answer with a reason, and the quote says the most a call can cost before it runs.

## Use it from your tools

- [X / Twitter in n8n](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/n8n/x_twitter)
- [X / Twitter in Make](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/make/x_twitter)
- [X / Twitter in Zapier](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/zapier/x_twitter)
- [X / Twitter in Python](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/python/x_twitter)
- [X / Twitter in LangChain](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/langchain/x_twitter)
- [X / Twitter in Claude Code](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/claude-code/x_twitter)

## Questions

### What does the X Profile API return?

One row per account: username, display name, bio, location, whether it has the paid blue badge, account type, join date, followers, following, post count, account id, avatar and banner URLs, whether it is protected, and the pinned post URL.

### What do I pass in?

Up to ten @handles or profile URLs in subjects. Add include.posts to get each account's recent posts (up to 50 per account) in the same call.

### How much does an X profile lookup cost?

$0.000225 per profile at the list price. A small call can carry a minimum, so quote first with "estimateOnly": true, which is free and is the most the call can cost. You pay for what comes back.

### Is the blue badge reported as verified?

No. The blue badge is a paid subscription, so it is reported as isBlueVerified and never as identity verification.

### Can an AI agent use it without me creating an account?

Yes. An agent registers itself with one POST request, gets $0.10 free and can run calls straight away. The recipe is at https://apiforagents.dev/auth.md.

## Why API for Agents

- One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
- A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
- Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
- $0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
- Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
- Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
- Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
- Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.

## Start

The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type. Open it at https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=x_twitter&op=profiles (sign in first).

Agents register at https://apiforagents.dev/auth.md (one POST, $0.10 free). People: https://apiforagents.dev/docs#start. Prices: https://apiforagents.dev/pricing.md